The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-05-20

ing Of DR.. Northrup q havcrhili, O., BY
the McCoys Of that place. ended their
labors on the 9th By indicting al four Of
the Mccoys Cor murder IN the frat degree.
WILLIAM O'BRrEx. the Irish agltator. ar
rived AZ New York on the 9th. He was &C
corded cordial reception.
JENNIE Bowman, the bravo young do
mcstic whose brutal treatment BY tho
negroes. Turner aud Patterson. 30 aroused
the people Of Louisville. KY. few weeks
acc. died from her injuries on the night
Of the 9th.
Tns fourteen year old son Of Miles
Alden, farmer near lonia, Mich. fatally
shot his sister, aged twelve years, on the
9th, after remarking: she won't bother
me any more" The boy was arrested
The Western Passenger Agents Assoc
citation difzerential rates went into ehect
on the 9th from Kansas City 20 New York.
A WASHINGTON correspondent OF the
New York Ssn states that Rev. DR.. r. u
Chapelle pastor Of ST. Matthew's Church.
Washine ton, Is to be m ade coadjutor Of
Archbishop Leray OF New Orleans. that
the Pope has approved the choice and the
appointment will be announced Of the
next consistory or the one following Il.
MIS- SARAH ELIxABErH MCCLELLAN, WI
dow OF Hon. Robt Mcclellan, Governor OF
Michigan In ISIS and Secretary Of the
Interior In President Pierce's Cabinet
died at Detroit, Mich. on the 9th, In her
seventy-third year. She was relative OF
Josh Billings" and leaves large estate.
FoREsr hres are rag ng In Galicia and
Transylvania, devastating large tracts Of
land and destroying villages The mill
tary and the Ore brigade are doing all In
their power to arrest the progress Of the
flames, but are meeting with little sue
cess In Transylvania more than four
hundred houses were burned In the town
OF Csikosinas and thirty-three In the vii
lage Of JanoshaxA
THE Virginia legislative committee and
the parties representing the foreign bond
holders have come TO . deadlock on the
State debt question.
TnE twelve Irish ex-consta bles propose
to become citizens Of the United States
and policemen, too, perhaps.
The Ohio Democratic State convention
has been set for July 20 and p, At Cleve-
land.
FRAxcE and England have arrived at
harm onious understanding As 10 their re
spective rights in Eastern Africa
Two conyicts. John Devine and George
Barton. jumped on Baltimore & Ohio
train, near GAINESVILLE. o., on the 10th, and
escaped. the officers being impeded with
other prisoners.
MRs. SryErrA McwHA and her daughter,
Mrs. Eliza Baker, were found murdered
in their home At Haliday's Cove, W. Va,
on the 10th.
In the British House Of Commons. on the
10th, Messrs. Healy and Balfoui had a
lively cross-ire Of debate on the Crimes
y<;if u.otv,a ov,o "a u.on@a NJ ,auai xxQra
voted down.
JEwErr WILCOX, OF Chicago, was elect
ed president OF the Hotel Mems Benefit
Association Ut the session Of the conven-
ton In Washington on the 10th.
IT ID rumorcd in London that the gov
eminent has prepared q special lot Of
firstclass cells in Millbank prison for
Parnellite members Of Parliament in GER
tain contingencies.
Mr. STocKsLAeER, acting Commissioner
OF the General Land Once at Washing
ton. urges reargument OF the Maxwell
land grant case in the Supreme Court
Enron O'BRIEN got into New York aft
er rather stormy experience, and an
nounces his intention TO lecture in the
United States after his Canadian visit
COURT at Leipsic has found an indict-
ment against parties connected with the
Schnaebeles affair which Is said to be a
virtual arrangement Of the French Gov
eminent.
SrRoxo efforts are being made BY the
United States Government to introduce
the parcels post interchange system with
all the other American governments.
RICHARD RAEBrcEn, OF Shelby County,
Ill, who was recently released n ON Q
German prison on request from the Amer
lean Government has arrived home.
THE Southern Baptist convention at
Louisville adjourned on the 10th, TO meet
IN Richmond Va, next year.
GOVERNOR HILL OF New York has We
toed the Constitutional Convention bill.
SECOND LIEUTENANT john J. SHAW,
Sixth United States infantry, has been
dropped from the rolls Of the army for
desertion.
tional Association OF Lumber Dealers a.
sembled In st. Louis on the 18th.
BREvKr MAyoR-GExERAL HExRY +.
CLARKE. United States army. retired,
died in Washington on the 10th, in the
| sixty-seventh year OF his age.
| THE Comptroller OF the Currency has ap
| pointed Thomas NJ. d. Tate - Nation q
| bank examiner for North Carolina and
| Virginia Mr.. Tate Is Q member Of the
| North Carolina legislature
| GENERAL BoULAxGER's mobilization bill
causes much uneasiness at Berlin The
| North GERMAN Gazette says IL il Of mucf
greater Importance than appears ct firs
sight
AARON r. FLETCHER STEVENS died 1t hi
house in Nashua, ~ H., on the 10th. from
kidney difdculty, arising from wounds re
ceived In battle before Petersburg.
on the evening Of the 9th, 1T Fort Gil
son. l. T., two soldiers-Joe Adams and
T. Glidden-werc drowned In the Gran
river. They were out seining for fish an
got caught In . swift current and wer
swept under. Only one Of the bodies ha
been recovered.
THE Maryland Masonic centennial b
gan at Baltimore on the 18th.
THE Missouri Legislature convened
extra session on the 18th.
Born houses Of the Pennsylvania Legi'
lature passed the High License bill on ii
18th.
JAnEs w. HYArr, OF Connecticut hs
been appointed United States Treasure
vice Jordan, resigned.
| MoNrRosE won the Kentucky Dcrt
race 1t Louisville on the 18th, Jim Cor
second.
GREAT excitement prevailed il Londo
on the 18th on IN unfounded report thl